What? You don’t believe there are Pontianak’s? Just wait till you hear this one.
I lived in a zinc-roofed house hidden in the forest pretty near the Botanic Gardens. It was quite secluded and most people didn’t know about it, although you could usually get a peep at it, when you passed by the road. Outsiders had a name for us. They called us “squatters”.
One evening, when I was about eight, I was walking home after playing the whole afternoon. I think it was some time between seven or eight, whilst crossing a little bridge that sat over a ditch, I saw a shadow standing very still behind a banana tree. It was planted beside my house. I didn’t think it was cursed or haunted. But it was so dark then and the shadow looked so threatening, I couldn’t but tread softly, fearing to attract its attention. I thought the shadow must be the awful creature my mother told me about t keep me from coming home late, the Pontianak.
I took care not to make a sound. But, accidentally, I stepped on a twig. C-r-a-c-k! I saw a face look from behind the banana tree. It was pure evil!
The creature had while glistening teeth. Its hand held something white and bloody. To my horror I realised it was my pet rabbit, Joey. The creature had killed Joey! I felt angry, sad and frightened all at the same time. Then the creature’s mouth widened into a smile.
I ran away as fast as my legs could manage. Behind, I could hear the creature in pursuit. My heart thumped faster than a firing machine-gun. I could almost feel its hot breath on my neck. I tripped and fell.
The Pontianak ran past me but it turned round. I never felt more afraid in my life. It was too late to run.
When you are cornered, you have no choice but to fight. I summoned every ounce of courage in my being and picked up the nearest object and threw it at the creature. The metal Coke-can hit the Pontianak’s eye. It howled in pain. In my panic and bravado, I quickly picked up debris on the ground and flung it. The rocks, sticks and glass bottle hit the creature. My last missile, a red brick, slammed into its forehead and it started bleeding.
“Eeeeee!” it howled.
The Pontianak scuttled away in fear. Encouraged, I chased it, throwing at it anything I could pick up. The thought of what it did to Joey made me really angry. I chased the Pontianak until it disappeared into the darkness. I would have liked to have gone on chasing it but was out of breath. I tried searching for Joey but could not find him.
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